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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks for the suggestions and apologies for my tardiness in getting back on this issue. I’m replying with my experiences for other to use as a future reference, hopefully they can
avoid some of the frustration I’ve encountered. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I spent half a day on this with two colleagues who are well versed in using CMake, and we found a simple solution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">DON’T BOTHER!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">“Windows + CMake + source boost “build seems intractable, or at the very least intractable enough to basically be impossible, or at any rate just not worth bothering with.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If are using Windows and you rate your sanity and time higher than you rate the ability to use CMake and a source build of boost together I suggest you do the following...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Look in C:\Program Files\CMake\share\cmake-3.9\Modules\FindBoost.cmake<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Search for _Boost_KNOWN_VERSIONS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Download the binary build of the newest version listed from
<a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/">https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If Windows Defender has a wobbly and your IT policy won’t allow you to ignore the wobble then move back thorugh older versions until one works<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Install the boost to the default location and default settings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Run CMake with the following sort of thing...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system filesystem thread date_time iostreams)<br>
include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})<br>
link_directories(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})</span><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">...relax and make a nice cup of tea<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Gavin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> CMake [mailto:cmake-bounces@cmake.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dvir Yitzchaki<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 15 July 2018 08:27<br>
<b>To:</b> Innokentiy Alaytsev <alaitsev@gmail.com>; cmake@cmake.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CMake] Boost + CMake + Windows + Sanity -> Possible?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">I recommend using Hunter package manager:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.hunter.sh%2Fen%2Flatest%2Fquick-start%2Fboost-components.html&data=01%7C01%7Cgavin.wheeler%40kcl.ac.uk%7Ce36bc216c96b4234004408d5ea267d17%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&sdata=iwvlHuibo8%2Fu3bGB1woxV5fcI7T6daJRHII5l37dzGc%3D&reserved=0"><span lang="EN-US">https://docs.hunter.sh/en/latest/quick-start/boost-components.html</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Dvir<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: CMake <</span><a href="mailto:cmake-bounces@cmake.org"><span lang="EN-US">cmake-bounces@cmake.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US">> On Behalf Of Innokentiy Alaytsev<br>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2018 13:29<br>
To: </span><a href="mailto:cmake@cmake.org"><span lang="EN-US">cmake@cmake.org</span></a><span lang="EN-US"><br>
Subject: Re: [CMake] Boost + CMake + Windows + Sanity -> Possible?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">First of all, I suggest you use Boost imported targets instead of Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS and Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS and the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">target_include_directories() and target_link_libraries() functions. Al this is to better support exporting CMake package if you need it. If you do not produce CMake package for use in some other projects, then just
ignore this advice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Second, just use pre-built Boost binaries <</span><a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdl.bintray.com%2Fboostorg%2Frelease%2F1.67.0%2Fbinaries%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cgavin.wheeler%40kcl.ac.uk%7Ce36bc216c96b4234004408d5ea267d17%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&sdata=p7Gr9TztBZhINb3iTb9PZJs0oOSp3fu%2FkR5HtZs624M%3D&reserved=0"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.67.0/binaries/</span></a><span lang="EN-US">>
. They are just fine. If your Windows Defender finds something in them then it's the problem in Windows Defender.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">Innokentiy Alaytsev<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span lang="EN-US">--<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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